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You Are the Company You Keep: Managing Third Party Privacy Risk

  • 04 juillet 2024
  • Nadia Jandali Chao, partner, Lerners LLP

Privacy regulators across Canada are signalling an increased focus on a particular risk area: namely, reliance on service providers. This article explores various key developments.

Droit de la protection de la vie privée, Student Forum
photo of author Crystal Heidari

Parenting Assessments: Unveiling Truths, Overcoming Hurdles

  • 04 juillet 2024
  • Crystal Heidari, Burke and Co. Family Law Litigation and Advocacy Group

Section 30 Children’s Law Reform Act assessments are used to evaluate the needs of a child and the ability of parents to meet those needs, aiming to serve the child's best interests. These assessments, performed by qualified professionals, provide objective insights into family dynamics and parental capabilities. However, their high cost and the shortage of assessors create significant barriers to justice, making it difficult for many families to access these crucial evaluations.

Droit de la famille, Student Forum
head-shot photo of author Nikki Banwait

Marentette v Canada: The Weight of Procedural Fairness

  • 02 juillet 2024
  • Nikki Banwait

Procedural fairness is critical to conducting appropriate workplace investigations and is a central component of ensuring objectivity and propriety in the investigation process. As illustrated in this recent Federal Court decision, a failure to ensure the procedural fairness of an investigation can be fatal to its ultimate findings – or invalidate the investigation entirely.

Droit du travail et de l’emploi, Student Forum

Bonus or Bust: Unravelling Employee Entitlements Post-Termination

  • 02 juillet 2024
  • Shan Malhi, JD Candidate 2025, Western University, Faculty of Law

A review of the legislative and jurisprudential frameworks regarding employee bonus entitlement subsequent to the termination of their employment.

Droit du travail et de l’emploi, Student Forum

Section 440 of the Municipal Act, 2001 and the Modified Statutory Injunction Test

  • 26 juin 2024
  • Eric Davis and Jamie Cockburn

When a municipality seeks injunctive relief to restrain the breach of a by-law pursuant to section 440 of the Municipal Act, 2001, the municipality enjoys different rights versus a party seeking standard injunctive relief flowing from the equitable jurisdiction of the Superior Court of Justice.

Droit municipal, Student Forum
photo of Yameena Ansari, seated at office desk

Unlocking Practice Management Essentials: ANSARI IMMIGRATION LAW

  • 25 juin 2024
  • Aqsa Nadeem, Newsletter Editor, OBA Citizenship & Immigration Law Section

Join us on this enlightening journey as we uncover the strategies and insights employed by various immigration law practitioners in making their firms the success stories they are today. In our fifth edition, we had the privilege to interview Ms. Yameena Ansari, a founding partner at Ansari Immigration Law.

Citoyenneté et immigration, Student Forum

Federal Public Transparency Register Highlights Ongoing Concerns for Trusts

  • 25 juin 2024
  • Andreea Muth

Effective January 22, 2024, private corporations governed by the Canada Business Corporations Act are required to publicly disclose their individuals with “significant control” (“ISCs”); however, the ISC identification rules remain murky in their application to shareholders that are trusts. Government guidance is urgently required to ensure corporations and shareholders can properly meet these new obligations.

Droit des affaires, Student Forum